St Edmundsbury Primary School students with their teacher and Debbie Coombes from West Suffolk College.
Over 250 youngsters from eight Suffolk primary schools took part in a two day careers event as part of the West Suffolk Business Festival.
The occasion was called a Skills Escalator Days and was set up by West Suffolk College and the Eastern Education Group.
The days saw a variety of industries create short interactive sessions for children aged between five and seven giving them a window into the world of work.
The theme for this event was based on agri-tech, construction and sustainability.
The Munro team with students from Great Barton.
The group head of the skills escalator is Victoria Fiebelkorn. Victoria said: “What better way to celebrate the West Suffolk Business Festival than by hosting a Skills Escalator Day where we are engaging the youngest minds with the business community. These young people are the leaders of the future.”
Organisations who supported this event were BT, MIGANGLIA, Morgan Sindall, Munro, Suffolk Constabulary, Suffolk Fire and Rescue Service, Ubitricity, UK Power Networks, West Suffolk College digital schoolhouse and West Suffolk Council.
Waste management team with Howard Primary School.
Simon Gill is a Design Manager for Munro. Simon said; “We have engaged with West Suffolk College for about 18 months and we’ve really enjoyed it. We have explained what we do (during this event) and the children have thoroughly enjoyed it and get to leave at the end of the day with more knowledge of our industry.”
Tracey Pelling is a class teacher and science lead at St Edmundsbury Primary School in Bury. Tracey said: “For us it is giving the children real life situations, aspirations in terms of careers and lots of hands on opportunities. It’s been wonderful.”
Waste management team with Howard Primary School.
Debbie Coomes is the Assistant Principal of the Eastern Education Group’s Built Environment campus. Debbie said: “A huge big thank you to the businesses, students, schools and our staff that have worked and participated in the escalator days. It’s been great to be able to inspire the next generation of construction and agri-tech workers.”
Vivian, 6, from St Edmundsbury said: “I enjoyed coming here – it’s been exciting.”
Leo, 6, from St Edmundsbury said: “It was fun.”
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